Posted by ChrisK on March 25, 2002, at 2:44:20
In reply to How do Anti-Psychotic drugs help depression?, posted by Denise528 on March 24, 2002, at 12:04:52
Just about every med we talk about here has an effect on our brain chemistries in some way. To me it doesn't matter if you want to call them AP's, AD's, whatever, they are still in general psych meds.
If someone could answer yur question they would go a long way to helping all of us. Many times the How question can be explained scientifically but the Why questionis more important. Why do people who apparently have the same depressive symptoms respond so differently to the same meds.
I've taken Zyprexa for 3-4 years now and will continue to take it. It virtually eliminated my very suicidal thought patterns. All I wanted to do was die but shortly after starting Zyprexa that cloud lifted and my thinking became much more rational. Of course this came after I didn't have any response to Risperdal. That AP just made me completely numb to the world.
I think people just get far too hung up on having the word psychotic attached to their meds or their depression. Try to think of these as brain meds instead of all of the names already associated with them and then look for the one(s) that really relieve your symptoms.
> Hello,
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> How do anti-psychotic drugs help relieve depression? Can somebody explain?
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> Denise
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